Registration number 2422
Status Archived
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Purton
Vessel type Ferro Concrete Barge
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Web address www.friendsofpurton.org.uk

Construction

Builder Wates Building Group Limited, Barrow in Furness
Built in 1941
Hull material Ferro-concrete
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
21.48 feet (6.55m)
Depth
6.43 feet (1.96m)
Length: Overall
85.25 feet (26.00m)

History

FCB77 is one of thirty nine such vessels built during World War II. These concrete barges were the test beds for the Mulberry Harbour temporary and portable harbour system for the D Day landings. FCB 77 was beached at Purton in 1962 as part of the River Severn and Gloucester and Sharpness canal foreshore strengthening scheme which commenced in 1909.

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